Optimum Water Requirements for the Commercial Production of Lucerne in Khartoum State

Khartoum state is an important area for fodder production to satisfy therequirements of increasing animal numbers for meat and dairy products, the demand forwhich is continuously increasing due to the normal population growth and massimmigration of rural communities to the capital towns and other settlements. Inaddition to this, a remarkable activity for cattle and sheep for export has resulted inincreasing the area of fodder crops. Irrigation cost and management, no doubt, plays animportant role for the production of fodder crops.